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The Jin soldiers had not yet approached the barricades.

The first wave of attacks was forced to retreat by archers.

Zhao Yuan did not build a large army of archers.

Initially, it was because there weren't enough bows and arrows.

Later, it was because there weren't enough archers.

The Marshal's Office and the Privy Council recommended the formation of a crossbow corps.

However, a large-scale military expansion requires the creation of far too much equipment.

The large-scale production of crossbows could only be postponed.

As for Yao Pingzhong's former subordinates,

There is no shortage of bows and arrows.

There is no shortage of archers.

The Yao family's territory was newly occupied by the Song Dynasty.

Tong Guan pulled off a bizarre move back then.

Archers from the six northern routes were transferred to guard the border.

This led to many serious consequences.

First, there was a shortage of archers in other border troops;

Secondly, it is due to rampant corruption.

Many archers transferred to the Hehuang region died or fled.

Chapter 218 The Old Archer

There are also many other messy things.

However, this also led to the archers of Yao's army...

Their numbers far exceeded those of melee soldiers.

And they're all seasoned archers with years of experience!

These border archers

When I served as a soldier in the old Song Dynasty, I lacked food and clothing.

They even frequently faced the risk of starvation.

Their morale was extremely low during the battle.

Moreover, archery is clearly priced.

He made a living by shooting a few arrows and receiving rewards.

By the time of the Ming Dynasty,

Although Yao Pingzhong commanded the old troops,

However, the imperial court sent military judges and grain and provisions officials.

Food and wages were paid in full.

No more beheadings to determine merit.

These two changes alone,

Let those old Song archers who were just coasting along...

A fierce fighting spirit erupted!

The first wave of attacks by the Jin army was thwarted.

A second wave was quickly organized.

Hundreds of elite cavalrymen dismounted and prepared for battle on foot.

at the same time,

Thousands of knights from the Kingdom of Jin,

They began to take turns patrolling and shooting arrows in front of the Ming army's main formation.

Until the fourth wave of attack,

The Jin infantry finally charged forward.

They also pushed down the barricades in front of Wu Jie's formation.

Wu Jie's front-row spearmen,

With an uneven formation,

Alternate forward,

Launch a wave-like attack.

In the midst of the battle,

The second rank of archers was still hurling arrows at the Jin soldiers further behind them.

The first row of archers drew their swords and went into close combat.

Who says archers can't fight in melee?

Their melee weapons,

It was a two-handed broadsword widely used by both the Liao and Song dynasties.

The sword is only seventy or eighty centimeters long.

But the widest part is ten centimeters.

The pommel of the sword is not sharp.

Instead, it is shaped like a jade tablet.

Therefore, it is not used for thrusting, but for slashing and breaking armor.

This is a standard sword style originating from the Five Dynasties period.

Because there were too many heavily armored soldiers on the battlefield,

Instead of thrusting, the attack was changed to a slashing strike.

The archers wielded their broadswords.

Pass through the gaps left by the friendly pikemen.

Clad in armor and wielding sharp weapons, they charged out with fierce slashes—these were the archers.

Not only in close combat with swords,

Moreover, they were clad in strong armor.

The armor of the Jin Dynasty's elite troops.

It weighs about 30 to 40 kilograms.

After being struck by the broadsword

It's no different from being hacked with an axe.

It possesses some blunt weapon attack capabilities.

They might also get lucky and cut some of the lamellar armor's braided ropes.

If you get cut on the shoulder

That enormous impact force

Just like hitting it with a hammer,

My entire arm is in pain and numb.

A combined formation of spearmen and greatsword infantry.

Moreover, it employs a wave-like, overlapping offensive tactic.

Their very appearance caught the Jin army completely off guard.

The Jin soldiers were completely dumbfounded.

I've never encountered this situation before.

I have absolutely no idea how to deal with this.

Once again, they repelled the enemy.

Wu Jie ordered that they not pursue them.

Instead, they ordered the soldiers to restore the barricades.

Watching the hardened soldiers hastily flee back down the mountain,

Wanyan Loushi's expression grew increasingly solemn.

Because the cavalry's attack was also unsuccessful.

The Ming army here,

Their combat power far exceeded his expectations.

.....

Jin Dynasty cavalry

A team of fifty people.

Each cavalry squad

Twenty heavy cavalrymen

Thirty light cavalrymen.

The light and heavy cavalry here,

There is no strict definition.

It all depends on how the combinations are made.

For example, when there is Hezha Meng'an.

Heza Meng'an were heavy cavalry.

The light cavalry that accompanied them were the elite cavalry.

Hezha Meng'an is not here.

The elite cavalry were heavy cavalry.

Ordinary cavalry refers to light cavalry.

There are usually two tactics.

They were all heavy cavalry in the middle.

Light cavalry were positioned on both flanks.

One method is to use light cavalry to harass the enemy.

Create conditions for the heavy cavalry to charge;

One method was a heavy cavalry charge to attack the stronghold.

Light cavalry followed behind, providing archery support.

Chapter 219 Hezha Meng'an

The two thousand hezameng'an in Wanyan Huonu's hands

They were the strongest troops who truly fought alongside Aguda back then.